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What's one thing SOUTHAVEN MIDDLE SCHOOL gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
1,423
Middle
DISTRICT 1,018 · STATE 452
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DESOTO COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 280132000933
Southaven Middle School
899 RASCO ROAD, SOUTHAVEN, MS 38671 · (662) 280-0422 · DeSoto County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,423 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 14% of Mississippi public middle schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Mississippi public middle schools
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
89 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.3:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
65%
918 students
DISTRICT 51% · STATE 80%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 449 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 482 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 492 | 35% |
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
MAAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
29.0%
MS avg 45.9% . +2.0pp since 2023
Math
35.5%
MS avg 52.8% . +1.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 29 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Mississippi schools, those numbers are about 46 and 53. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 29.0% | 35.5% |
| 2023-24 | 27.0% | 34.3% |
% Proficient + Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: MAAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of MS schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
36.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.0%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-25.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 62% typical for Mississippi schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Southaven Middle School
Southaven Middle School's state test result (36.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southaven Middle School this school | 1,423 | 64.5% | 36.9% |
| Horn Lake Middle School Horn Lake | 948 | 71.0% | 38.9% |
| Olive Branch Middle School OLIVE BRANCH | 744 | 62.6% | 48.2% |
| Pearl Jr High School PEARL | 944 | 70.9% | 51.0% |
| Lake Cormorant Middle School Lake Cormorant | 707 | 68.9% | 45.0% |
| Oak Grove Middle School Hattiesburg | 1,160 | 61.0% | 58.3% |
Matched among Mississippi middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Southaven Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi | In DeSoto County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.9% | #126 of 176 | #8 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.5% | #123 of 181 ▲ 16 | #8 of 8 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 29.0% | #124 of 181 ▲ 7 | #8 of 8 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,423 | #1 of 186 | #1 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.9:1 | #132 of 163 | #3 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.9% | #45 of 164 | #5 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 64.5% | #144 of 184 | #3 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.8% | #110 of 119 | N/A |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,423
+10 (+1%) vs 2020
+22% since 2000-01, when it was 1,164
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
was 14.0:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 1,423 | 89.5 | 15.9:1 | 65% (918) |
| 2023-24 | 1,451 | 90.8 | 16.0:1 | 70% (1,018) |
| 2022-23 | 1,456 | 89.2 | 16.3:1 | 100% (1,453) |
| 2020-21 | 1,413 | 101 | 14.0:1 | 100% (1,410) |
| 2017-18 | 1,495 | 96.6 | 15.5:1 | 75% (1,125) |
| 2015-16 | 1,505 | 91 | 16.5:1 | 74% (1,115) |
| 2010-11 | 1,471 | 78 | 18.9:1 | 65% (959) |
| 2000-01 | 1,164 | 56 | 20.8:1 | 28% (326) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Southaven Middle School.
About Southaven Middle School
In SOUTHAVEN, Mississippi, Southaven Middle School is a large middle school. Enrollment stands at 1,423 students, covering grades 6 through 8. That is 215% bigger than the average of about 452 students for middle schools in Mississippi.
A total of 39 schools make up DeSoto County School District, with 34,934 students enrolled.
At Southaven Middle School, 61% of students are Black. Other students are 17% Hispanic, 15% White, and 5% multiracial. That is higher than the 33% Black share among all DeSoto County residents. The diversity index for Southaven Middle School is 57%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Teacher count: 89.5 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 15.9:1. Compared with the 13.7:1 average for middle schools in Mississippi, this school's ratio is higher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 65%. Across public schools in DeSoto County, the average is 49%.
Among Mississippi public middle schools, Southaven Middle School outscored 14%, which works out to a D on the allk12 Grade.
Given its lunch-eligibility share, the predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results for Southaven Middle School is 62.0%. It actually posts 36.9%, which is 25.1 points lower and in the bottom 10% of Mississippi schools.
In DeSoto County, median household income comes to about $85,297, roughly 29% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. The county's public schools total 43, with about 34,934 students.
Measured in a straight line, Southaven High School is about 0.1 miles from Southaven Middle School. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, Southaven Middle School is behind the 50.3% nearby average, ranking 6th of 6.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Enrollment was essentially flat over 4 years: 1,413 in 2020-21, 1,423 in 2024-25. The ratio was 14.0:1 in 2020-21 and 15.9:1 in 2024-25.
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DeSoto County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
191,301
Census ACS
Median income
$85,297
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
43
34,934 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in DeSoto County School District
- DeSoto Central High SchoolHigh · 2,004 students
- Southaven High SchoolHigh · 1,876 students
- Hernando High SchoolHigh · 1,529 students
- DeSoto Central Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,388 students
- Lewisburg High SchoolHigh · 1,330 students
- Horn Lake High SchoolHigh · 1,271 students
Other schools in SOUTHAVEN
- DeSoto Central High SchoolHigh · 2,004 students
- Southaven High SchoolHigh · 1,876 students
- DeSoto Central Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,388 students
- Southaven Intermediate SchoolElementary · 1,046 students
- DeSoto Central ElementaryElementary · 831 students
- DeSoto Central Primary SchoolElementary · 792 students
Nearby schools
- Southaven High School0.1 mi · 1,876
- Southaven Elementary School0.4 mi · 681
- Hope Sullivan Elementary School1.0 mi · 563
- Southaven Intermediate School1.1 mi · 1,046
- Greenbrook Elementary School1.6 mi · 556
- Oakshire Elementary2.0 mi · 442
Frequently asked questions
About Southaven Middle SchoolHow many students attend Southaven Middle School?
Southaven Middle School enrolls approximately 1,423 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Southaven Middle School serve?
Southaven Middle School serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Southaven Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Southaven Middle School is approximately 15.9:1 (89 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Southaven Middle School?
At Southaven Middle School, the student body is approximately 15% White, 17% Hispanic, 61% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Southaven Middle School in?
Southaven Middle School is part of DeSoto County School District.
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